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# photoshop-gradient-maps

1. take a screenshot of your video to get a photo
    ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03DA9GGM2Q/screen_shot_2022-04-27_at_3.27.14_pm.png?pub_secret=981384b560)

3. open your photo in Photoshop

5. apply a curves adjustment to increase the contrast
        use the add a layer button (fourth button from the right, "add a layer")
        adjust the curves to create more contrast in your image 
        ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03CT9XVA6B/screen_shot_2022-04-27_at_3.53.15_pm.png?pub_secret=6ef3e47b09)

        
6. apply a gradient map layer (same button as before!) and choose your colors
        ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03DA87H52Q/screen_shot_2022-04-27_at_3.51.05_pm.png?pub_secret=eff710671d)
        the color in the shadows is in the bottom left corner, while the bottom right corner determines highlights!


8. apply another curve on top of all of that to fine tune the final look.
        ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03DLEW8B0R/cg_pink_and_purple_jpeg.jpg?pub_secret=51303326fb)

10. to create a gif, trim your video to be just few seconds long. 

12. type "gif " into terminal and then drag in your video file. 
    ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03DLHDG49X/screen_shot_2022-04-27_at_3.57.25_pm.png?pub_secret=c4b4487ef3)

14. the gif will automatically save to the computer!
    ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03D16RQAA2/cg_short_clip_540.gif?pub_secret=a0c80f6e42)
  

also feel free to apply additional filters and adjustments layers as you wish!
